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lipas

Pronunciation: /ˈlipas/

“lipas” is a Tagalog word. Its 9 meanings in English:

noun

  1. lapse of time
  2. loss of a property or characteristic due to elapsed time (such as potency, popularity, validity, taste, fashionableness, etc.)
  3. coming of an end; ending

adjective

  1. elapsed (of a designated time)
  2. obsolete
  3. outdated; old-fashioned; unpopular
  4. impotent; ineffective (of drugs, chemicals, etc.)
  5. no longer valid
  6. ended

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ləpas (“to set free, let loose, liberated; passed by, come to an end”). Compare Ilocano leppas, Maranao lepas, and Malay lepas. Doublet of alpas and lapas.

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